REVIEW #435 The Monkey (2025)
The Monkey Synopsis Twin brothers find a mysterious wind up monkey in their father’s old possessions, soon after a series of deaths begin to tear their family apart. My Review The Monkey sees director Oz Perkins switch up the tone from his predecessor film, Longlegs, utilising a comedy horror approach to bring an interesting addition to the genre. Theo James performs well as the Shelburn twins, a slightly more peculiar role to what we have seen him in before but one that highlights just how multifaceted he can be. I wasn’t expecting the film to be as goofy as it was, with over the top, comical deaths taking place pretty much from the get go. But that was very much the intention here, playing into the silliness for a reaction from the audience, and it worked, much of the cinema was laughing out loud together! It still maintained plenty of horror tropes and genuinely made the monkey an object or presence to be truly feared, especially in the first two acts. That being said, although I re...
